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Oct 23 2023
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2 Border Patrol agents critically injured after truck crashes into checkpoint near Yuma
Two U.S. Border Patrol agents were in critical condition after a pickup truck crashed into an immigration checkpoint near Yuma on Saturday. The truck crashed at 4:38 p.m. into the checkpoint on Interstate 8 between Wellton and Yuma. The two agents were injured and taken to a hospital before being flown to Phoenix for advanced care, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Border
AZ CentralOct 23 2023
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Vic Fischer, the last surviving signer of Alaska’s constitution, dies at 99
Vic Fischer, the last living signer of Alaska’s constitution, died Sunday at his Anchorage home. He was 99. Fischer grew up in Berlin and Moscow. His mother was Russian and his father an American foreign correspondent. His father appealed to Eleanor Roosevelt to get the family out of the Soviet Union. And so, as Fischer later told it, his introduction to democracy began with dinner at the
KTOOOct 23 2023
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Elder Alaska statesman Vic Fischer dies at 99
Vic Fischer, the last living signer of Alaska’s constitution, died Sunday at his Anchorage home. He was 99. Fischer grew up in Berlin and Moscow. His mother was Russian and his father an American foreign correspondent. His father appealed to Eleanor Roosevelt to get the family out of the Soviet Union. And so, as Fischer later told it, his introduction to democracy began with dinner at the
Alaska Public MediaSep 14 2023
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Taking it to the brink: Detroit automakers, UAW far apart as strike looms
The United Auto Workers union and Detroit’s three automakers remained far apart during negotiations Thursday as the clock ticked on a strike deadline and the likelihood the union would walk out at select facilities. GM increased its wage offer Thursday and Ford said it was looking for a counteroffer as the union charged it was going to take a strike to get what it was looking for. “We do not
Boston HeraldOct 23 2023
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Liz Cheney Somehow Thinks She Might Still Be President
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) said on Sunday she would not rule out a presidential run.
“No, I’m not,” Cheney said after being asked by anchor Jake Tapper in an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Moments earlier, Tapper pressed Cheney on whether she would vote for President Joe Biden over former President Donald Trump.
“We’re going to see what happens. We’re going to
HotAirSep 14 2023
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UAW may do escalating 'stand-up' strikes against all three Detroit automakers at midnight
The United Auto Workers union is weighing a strike against all three Detroit automakers at the same time for the first time in history and has come up with an entirely new type of strike as it seeks wage increases and other economic gains. The union may go on strike at midnight if the two sides fail to reach a deal. The UAW is considered escalating "stand-up strikes" in which workers would
The Times of Northwest IndianaSep 26 2023
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Michelle Obama reportedly rakes in $741,000 for one-hour German speech on ‘diversity and inclusion’
Former first lady Michelle Obama is being paid the outrageous sum of $741,000 for giving a one-hour speech in Munich, Germany at the Oktoberfest beer festival on “diversity and inclusion.” The speech was on Monday and was given at a tech start-up event held on the sidelines of the festival, according to two sources who spoke with the Daily Mail. It is a three-day European entrepreneur
Bizpac ReviewSep 19 2023
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Trump plans to give speech to autoworkers in Detroit, skipping second GOP debate
Former President Donald Trump is planning to visit Detroit next week to speak with current and former union members instead of attending the Republican primary debate, his campaign told CNBC on Monday.
A campaign spokesman confirmed reporting in The New York Times that Trump, the clear front-runner in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, intends to counterprogram
CNBCOct 24 2023
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Ambulance contract award for Maui County nixed after protest
The state Department of Health canceled two hefty contracts awarded to Falck Northwest Corp. to run ground ambulance services in Maui and Kauai counties following pushback from the current contractor and paramedics’ unions. American Medical Response, the current ambulance service provider, had filed a protest after the department selected Falck in August for a nearly $59 million contract in
The Maui NewsSep 15 2023
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Historic auto worker strike hits all three Detroit automakers
About 13,000 American auto workers stopped making vehicles and went on strike Friday after their leaders couldn’t bridge a giant gap between union demands in contract talks and what Detroit’s three automakers are willing to pay. Members of the United Auto Workers union began picketing at a General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan, near Detroit;
Christian Science Monitor